Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Blue Ridge Gentian at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Read more about the southeastern Gentians in Jim Fowler's blog.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gentians of the eastern United States (Drake, 2011)
Gentiana austromontana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Gentian, Appalachian Gentian, Pine Barren Gentian

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Will Stuart    wil_1355665420_c8c0428925

September    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Usually deeper more intense blue-violet than the similar G. clausa & G. decora, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Gentiana austromontana   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gentiana austromontana   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gentians of the eastern United States (Drake, 2011)
Gentiana austromontana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-02-007?:
Gentiana clausa   FAMILY Gentianaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dasystephana decora